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Poisonous Superstorm Found on Alien World
space.com ^
| 06/23/10
| Clara Moskowitz
Posted on 06/23/2010 6:06:32 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Across the Milky Way lies a violent world with the first "superstorm" ever spotted on an alien planet.
Poisonous carbon monoxide gas is streaming at enormous speeds from the extremely hot day side to the cooler night side of the exoplanet, new observations show. This hot, gaseous Jupiter-like world is dubbed HD209458b, and lies about 150 light-years from Earth toward the constellation Pegasus.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; space; xplanets
To: ColdOne; Tolkien; FreedomPoster; FrPR; BP2; mrreaganaut; Las Vegas Dave; Hell to pay; ...
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posted on
06/23/2010 6:08:00 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking.)
To: KevinDavis
BP's fault.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
06/23/2010 6:13:41 PM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: KevinDavis
Excuse me, but this is stupid... It isn’t poisonous if there’s nothing there to poison...
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posted on
06/23/2010 6:14:59 PM PDT
by
babygene
(Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
To: KevinDavis
Might not be poisonous for any indigenous life.
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posted on
06/23/2010 6:33:56 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Founders revolted for less.)
To: KevinDavis
It’s the home of the moon god Allah...
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posted on
06/23/2010 6:59:01 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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posted on
06/23/2010 9:12:54 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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posted on
06/23/2010 9:13:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: wastedyears
It's not poison, it's the SPICE!!
The storms are caused by huge worms.
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posted on
06/23/2010 9:58:39 PM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
To: KevinDavis
We must ban SUVs now! We are killing the planets!
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posted on
06/24/2010 7:41:04 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: a fool in paradise
Naw, it’s 1600 Pa. ave in Qashington.
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posted on
06/24/2010 7:51:38 AM PDT
by
gulfcoast6
(GOD IS!)
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